I am excited to share some awesome green screen apps for the iPad at the 2018 TIES Conference. Come join me and explore four great apps for green screening.
I will be talking about two of my favorite apps - TouchCast and Green Screen by DoInk! Come explore and learn more about how these powerful, yet simple-to-use iOS apps can enhance student creativity and make learning more visible. Resources:
My preconference workshop will be about digitally enhanced literacy classrooms.
I'm hoping that some of you will join me for this professional development opportunity to explore a variety of iPad apps that can make your literacy instruction and students' experiences more engaging and impactful.
Looking for a simple way to make student learning more visible and easier to share? This session will cover how a simple green screen and the amazing free TouchCast app can transform the way that students demonstrate their learning to you!
Tap into the power of TouchCast's easy-to-use free iPad app to create a mobile green screen recording studio. With a simple green screen, empower your students to share their learning live from within the structures of a cell to the surface of the moon or the depths of the ocean & other amazing locations. Ditch classroom newsletters & replace them with student-produced videos that highlight your classroom, build students' speaking & presentation skills, & make learning fun.
Do you have 1:1 devices for staff and students and need help with answering teacher and student questions, trouble-shooting, and helping to get everyone to use their devices more effectively? Student tech teams may be the solution that you need. This playground session will allow you to ask questions of Genius Squad students, learn about their favorite apps, and hear how being part of these teams provides meaningful leadership opportunities for them to help staff and students.
Student tech teams leverage the power of student knowledge and enthusiasm to support technology in their schools. From help desk, to rollouts, to repairs, student tech teams are helping teachers and students use technology, while giving participants valuable leadership and service experience.
Makes Makey Classic & Makey Makey Go Makey Makey Classic and Makey Makey Go allow users to create a controller from anything - apple, banana, clay, etc., to interact with computer programs.
Sphero Spheres are ball-shaped robots that can be controlled and programmed with an app.
Mouse Create LED Items
Mouse Create is an online platform created by Mouse.org with curriculum and activities for students for students to work through with a teacher or in a self-paced format to learn more about technology and STEM topics.
Schoology Schoology is the learning management system that we use to house our Genius Squad curriculum modules for students enrolled in the Genius Squad elective course. The Schoology app creates a great workflow experience for students using iPads.
Have you been searching for a great way to share what is going on in your school or classroom? This workshop will give you ideas about how to use a free iOS app to create interactive videos that will allow you to share classroom learning and stories with parents and your school community. Students can also use this app to summarize their learning that makes it more visible and allows them to share their learning with you and the world!
Tap into the award-winning power of TouchCast's easy-to-use free iPad app to create an engaging, interactive mobile recording studio with multi-cam control of extra iPads, green screen, onscreen pop-up documents, and screen casting whiteboard. With a simple green screen, empower your students to share their learning live from within the structures of a cell to the surface of the moon or the depths of the ocean and other amazing locations. Ditch classroom newsletters and tell the story of your classroom or school with simple-to-create student-produced videos that build students' speaking and presentation skills and make learning fun. Great for highlighting your school with monthly principal-created videos parents will watch!
I will be presenting two preconference workshop sessions for the TIES Conference in December and will be doing two conference sessions highlighting student tech teams with one of our secondary school Genius Squads and showing how to use the power of interactive video to share classroom learning and stories with parents and your school community.
My weekend workshop sessions will be:
Amplifying Student Voice Beyond Classroom Walls
Explore iPad apps that will help you to amplify your ELA students' voice with an authentic global audience. These apps will inspire your students to read more, develop their presentation skills, and share their writing and thinking beyond the classroom walls.
3-2-1 Tell Your Story With An Amazing Free Classroom Studio
Tap into the award-winning power of TouchCast's easy-to-use free iPad app to create an engaging, interactive mobile recording studio with multi-cam control of extra iPads, green screen, onscreen pop-up documents, and screencasting whiteboard. With a simple green screen, empower your students to share their learning live from within the structures of a cell to the surface of the moon or the depths of the ocean and other amazing locations. Ditch classroom newsletters and tell the story of your classroom or school with simple-to-create student-produced videos that build students' speaking and presentation skills and make learning fun. Great for highlighting your school with monthly principal-created videos parents will watch!
My regular conference sessions will be:
Student Tech Teams Playground
Student tech teams leverage the power of student knowledge and enthusiasm to support technology in their schools. From help desks, to rollouts, to repairs, student tech teams are helping teachers and students use technology, while giving participants valuable leadership and service experience. Come meet student tech-team participants (from elementary to high school) and their leaders during this session of the playground.
Tell Your Classroom Story With TouchCast
Tap into the power of TouchCast's easy-to-use free iPad app to create a mobile green screen recording studio. With a simple green screen, empower your students to share their learning live from within the structures of a cell to the surface of the moon or the depths of the ocean & other amazing locations. Ditch classroom newsletters & replace them with student-produced videos that highlight your classroom, build students' speaking & presentation skills, & make learning fun.
I am looking forward to networking with other educators and tech integration leaders from the midwest and hoping some of you may join me for these fun three-hour-long hands-on workshops on December 9 and 10 and for my regular conference sessions on December 11 and 12.
I received notification today that I have been selected to present two pre conference workshop sessions for the TIES Conference in December!
My weekend workshop sessions will be:
Amplifying Student Voice Beyond Classroom Walls
Explore iPad apps that will help you to amplify your ELA students' voice with an authentic global audience. These apps will inspire your students to read more, develop their presentation skills, and share their writing and thinking beyond the classroom walls.
3-2-1 Tell Your Story With An Amazing Free Classroom Studio
Tap into the award-winning power of TouchCast's easy-to-use free iPad app to create an engaging, interactive mobile recording studio with multi-cam control of extra iPads, green screen, onscreen pop-up documents, and screencasting whiteboard. With a simple green screen, empower your students to share their learning live from within the structures of a cell to the surface of the moon or the depths of the ocean and other amazing locations. Ditch classroom newsletters and tell the story of your classroom or school with simple-to-create student-produced videos that build students' speaking and presentation skills and make learning fun. Great for highlighting your school with monthly principal-created videos parents will watch!
I am hoping that some of you may join me for these fun three-hour-long hands-on workshops on December 9 and 10!
Tap into the award-winning power of TouchCast's easy-to-use free iPad app to create an engaging, interactive mobile recording studio featuring multi-cam control of extra iPads, green screen, onscreen pop-up documents, and screencasting whiteboard. With the help of a simple green screen, empower your students to share their learning live from within the structures of a cell to the surface of the moon or the depths of the ocean and other amazing locations that will get your students excited to share their learning. Ditch classroom newsletters and replace them with simple-to-create student-produced videos that build students' speaking and presentation skills and make learning fun. Or highlight your school and tell your success stories with principal-created videos parents will watch!
Student Biography Videos 
Student Book Buzz Videos 
